# Ever Spontaneously break into Song? If so how'd you feel ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852 "2004-06-11T18:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/21 "2004-06-12T00:31:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Shirley Ujest_ > For some reason Meatloaf’s On a hot summer night song is one of my favorites, unfortunately, do to a full hard drive, I remember about 1/8 of the words. > > Let me sleep on it > > Baby baby > > Let me sleep on it > > Blah blah blah blah till the mooooorning. Okay, the whole verse is: Let me sleep on it. Baby baby let me sleep on it. Let me sleep on it, I’ll give you the answer in the moring". But before someone else points this out, this verse is from Paradise By The Dashboard Lights. Not On a Hot Summer Night. Not only do I spontaneously burst into song, I’ll make up new verses to tunes I already know, to suit my current situation. I don’t always do it very well, but like I always remind my kids “Hey, if I was Wayne Brady, I’d be black. And a man. And rich”. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/22 "2004-06-12T01:05:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Why, just today, I started singing “I Remember Larry” in my office. I guess every office has a ‘Larry’, eh? Sadly, my office’s is my boss … It can be real, real tempting to call in sick on April 1st. But I’m afraid that that would just make it that much worse when I came in on the 2nd to view the carnage. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/23 "2004-06-12T05:55:33Z")
_ahem_ ALL THE FREAKIN TIME. I’ve referred to myself as and been called by others a “walking jukebox.” Love it. I will admit, however, that alcohol helps a helluva lot. Two weeks ago my friend had a gig in the city, and I got reeeally drunk. We left the place to go to another bar, and for some reason I can not recall, while walking I busted out into an Italian aria that I did in high school (_Amarili Mia Bella_ for anyone interested). I swear, that song never sounded better! I remember thinking “wow, this is crazy, I’m singing an aria on the streets of NYC in the middle of the night…wait, this is NYC, who gives a damn?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/24 "2004-06-12T16:13:56Z")
Hmmm. I hardly ever break into song in public. Maybe I don’t drink often enough … Still, an aria isn’t all that bad. When I do start singing in public, it’s usually G & S rather than something contemporary. Or especially “Weird Al”. I think it feels a little more sophisticated to be heard singing, “Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast” than “The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota”. If, perhaps, a bit kinkier. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/25 "2004-06-12T17:51:51Z")
In another bizarre Sound of Music sound burst… I get the “I am 16 going on 17” song in my head. It tends to come out when I’m not concentrating on not singing. Also, the theme from the original Super Mario Bros. from the 8 bit NES. Oh, and bits and pieces of Carmen. I’m weird too! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/26 "2004-06-12T19:51:23Z")
Extremely rarely, it scares me when I do. Last time it was Katrina and the Waves, Walkin’ on Sunshine, it’s been quite awhile since I’ve felt that well. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/27 "2004-06-13T02:35:25Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I seem to recall a thread about songs we sing to/about our cats that had many participants, including myself. Though I am prone to burst into song anyway (see below), I think having a pet in the house makes me do it with greater frequency. Having rescued a stray off the hard streets of Charm City, I find that my cat acts a little weird, hence his [theme song](http://www.talking-heads.net/lyrics_best.html): _**Psycho Kitty Qu’est Que C’est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better Run run run run run run run away**_ My most memorable instance of breaking into song was during a brief car ride with my then girlfriend. I was singing “[Werewolves of London](http://www.davemcnally.com/lyrics/WarrenZevon/WerewolvesofLondon.asp),” which she unfortunately didn’t recognize. I got quite a crazy look during all my long ARRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOs! ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/28 "2004-06-13T04:46:10Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > So any dopers ever burst into song? And if so, any repeat offenders? Most definitely, I do it all the time. This thread title reminded me of a time when I was walking along the street with my father around the age of 9 or 10. In those days he always wore a hat and on this particular day we had stopped at the street corner, he handed me his upturned hat saying “hold this for a minute will you”. Thinking nothing of it, I obliged when suddenly he burst into song, some opera piece IIRC. All I remember is being totally horrified, dropping the hat and walking away. I think it’s hilarious now but at the time I could have died of embarrassment. It’s such a pity I didn’t appreciate my dad’s lighter side back then. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/29 "2004-06-13T05:07:48Z")
> [@](#): > > this is not uncommon. Many times I will ask my nephew (14) what he is humming…and more often tha not he’ll say things like: > > Jeez uncle…it’s the new theme music to Grand Turismo IV or Star wars Knights of the old Republic…or the newest one… Splinter Cell. Yeah, but the games I hum to are usually older than my 12-year old brother, and often older than me! ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852/30 "2004-06-13T05:34:14Z")
I am more likely to sing in the shower (a solo my friend did from _Les Miserables_ in high school, or gospel music to which I make up words when the verses run out) or along with the radio in the car, but I do on occasion start singing in the office. The other day was a pretty good example: I asked my co-worker where something was, and she told me to take a step to my right. So, naturally, I followed that with the remainder of the song (and motions!!) from RHPS. My co-worker who has next-to-no cultural references was appalled at the outburst, while everyone else in earshot was laughing too hard to explain it to her. Given that I generally have little faith in my ability to carry a tune, I am more likely to trot out exerpts from the lyrics at opportune moments. For example, when asked about my last boyfriend, I replied that he was “a hairy-headed gent who ran amok in Kent, but I sure would like to meet his tailor.” 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-spontaneously-break-into-song-if-so-howd-you-feel/249852.md?page=1)